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Subscribe to RSSA cable repairman walked into a New Jersey home Wednesday and encountered a sleeping bear in the basement.
The repairman entered the home in Hopatcong, N.J., to perform scheduled repairs when he found the bear, police said.
The bear, which had been spotted wandering in the neighborhood earlier in the afternoon, escaped the home before authorities arrvied.
But New Jersey Fish and Game officials were able to locate the bear later and tranquilize it. It took some time for the large bear to go down, according to police: it walked a few blocks over to a nearby trail and eventually fell asleep.
No injuries were reported.
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so what was Jay Cutler doing in New Jersey?
Well, he hasn't got much else to do at the moment. Might as well kip in a basement in New Jersey.
Being a Bears fan, I dig the Culter joke!
But holy crap would I screem like a little girl if I saw a freaking bear in my house! I would need John Candy protection!
Just the Bear facts please...
He just needed the (bear) necessities...warm bed, dirty clothes to snuggle in....cable tv....
Couldn't have been Cutler. There was no drama queen act about being possibly traded.
And here I was thinking Larry the Cable Guy found a bear in his basement. That would make for an entertaining comedy skit!
New Jersey recently had a bear hunt. This bear was obviously well informed, since he apparently knew New Jersey residents cannot have guns without special permits -- even in their homes. He's in for a rude awakening when he wakes up down in the pine barrens and wonders what happened to his warm, dry den.
The Pine Barrens? He might finally find out what happened with that Russian guy that got away from Pauly Walnuts and Christopher trying to kill him...
Ya the first bear hunt there in several years. Stupid Lib PETA loving Governor they had wouldn't allow one sooner. Now that he's gone maybe the bears can be brought back to reasonable numbers. If the residents would figure out gun control only controls the law abiding that don't cause trouble in the first place and the criminals don't care what law you pass they might quit voting LIB and start to take there rights back.
Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura Pet Cable Guy?
How would someone not know there was a bear in their basement? The details are way too vague for anyone to comprehend the story other than bear in basement. Guy finds it. I half expected to see a story about a guy finding a 'pet' bear in some other persons basement, but there's not even that. It also doesn't explain if it came through a window? A door? Was allowed in? So vague and uninformative.
Calm down.
Not every story contains an ulterior motive. Sometimes it is what it is.
Given the bear went to a nearby trail indicates it's a semi-rural area. In case you're unfamiliar with such areas, wildlife tend to go to nearby homes in search of food. It's because the building of these neighborhoods/towns have encroached on land that was once all theirs and plentiful with food (i.e., nuts, berries, etc.) Saddest thing I saw while mountain biking once was a bulldozer ripping through mountainous terrain to clear land in forest area for a new housing development.
Where I live, it's common to see an occasional wolf or coyote wandering. In the higher areas, bears are more common. Less common are wildcats and mountain lions. Coyotes - if you ignore them and don't feed them, they'll leave you alone. They're more afraid of you. All the others - contact the authorities and stay clear. Most importantly don't give them food because they get used to it.
So you're curious, so what? It's not necessary that you be made aware of all the details of every article you read. MSNBC said as much as they wanted to; it's their article, after all. The situation was under control, and you couldn't have affected the outcome anyway.
The bear had his own key.
The bear lived there.
That was no bear! It was just one of those hairy Jeresy Shore girls!
The bear wanted retaliation for Goldilocks eating his porridge and calling him "too big".
to chochabalua--LMFAO man! The bear probably smells better and scored higher on SAT's.
LOL thank you for your responses. I admit, I laughed at quite a few. I needed that. :D
bears can come right through walls...& patio doors...& small windows you would never think they'd fit through...they can use their hands to open many things...like jars and fridges and ice cream containers...not to mention, smell all of that stuff from many feet away...plus they run like the wind...& climb seemingly impossible obstacles just as fast...so perhaps the folks writing this article thought you knew this stuff & they omitted stating the obvious...or it is also possible, they want you to remain ignorant of the ways bears behave so you won't panic thinking one might get into your home...which they can easily do...nice place to sleep, I'd say...resourceful bear!
It's just the bear facts folks. When life bears down sometimes you just have to grin and bear it.
LOL! stop, you're killing me...
♪♫ Look for the bear necessities
The simple bear necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bear necessities
That's why a bear can rest at ease
With just the bear necessities of life ♪♫
All these bear puns are gonna trigger a bear market that'll leave us threadbear and bearfoot when it's over.
I can just imagine some goofy idiot making all kinds of bear puns upon encountering the bear, at which point the bear eats his face off. It's all fun and games until a bear eats your face off.
AKap, after that one I suggest you stay alert because you'll be the first victim!
He was exercising his right to bear arms.......
Super Bowl is coming....he knew who was getting cable.
My neighbor, one hollow over... said that a bear was living in an abandoned home on his road. I could picture a Realtor bringing a family to look at the house... I bet a bear in the living room wouldn't go over very well for sales...
I just think it's cool you live somewhere where you can describe a neighbor as living "one hollow over".
"One hollow over." Sometimes I wish I wasn't in a metropolis..
I thought it was "hollar"
It would have been a far more worthwhile story had it been Larry The Cable Guy who had discovered the bear!
That's what I was thinking!
Thats why the title of the story started with "CABLE GUY". Its referred to as the "bait and switch", start the headline with something people can relate to, then let you down with a different story than you expected to see. They do what ever they have to in order to keep the ratings up. Makes it easier to sell advertising space at a premium that way..
He was just looking for the bear necessities. Like cable. So he could watch the Disney channel.
He was probably watching Animal Planet or Nat Geo Wild.
Where else are bears going to sleep?
Maybe out in the woods?????
No.... too many riff-raff. Humans send their children out there to drink beer and fornicate...
Goldie Locks' Bed. But it was too soft.
dano, why would bears sleep where they @!$%#?
Sounds like a new idea for a movie--The Cable Guy and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective rolled into one! I wonder if Jim Carrey is avaiable. ;-)
The bear was looking for Goldilocks.
Many years ago, my parents bought a home on the borderline between the 'burbs and country. As they were walking down the frontyard hill, my mother noted all the black "water hoses" across the lawn. As she drew closer, it dawned on her that we don't have black water hoses, our's are green. You guessed it. It took us a while to get her to come off the roof, too.
On further inspection, the figured out it was just Snookie.
Hahahah Moheeheeko
I'm surprised they didn't shoot it to avoid it's thirst for human
It's more like, Hey pilgrim! Can you skin baar?? -lol
Kedrid, No, it's "Can You Skin Griz Pilgrim" Jeremiah Johnson....Great movie by the way..
Does a bear $hit in the woods? Well, in this case maybe not.
Basement half-bath... But I bet their out of toilet paper now!!
He was looking for a pik-ka-nik basket booboo!
Ron- your reply was the BEST OF THE DAY!
I have to agree.
It wasn't the cable guy, but the plumber who found a copperhead snake in my basement several years ago. I kept telling my husband that I smelled sulphur, but he thought I was crazy. That, or he knew there was a snake in the house and he wasn't having any part of finding it. When the plumber came across the snake, he ran out like the hounds of hell were after him. The extension agent in our area remedied the situation, and we had the foundation reinforced to prevent other intruders.
If NJ would stop having these bear hunts, the bears wouldn't have to hide in people's basements!
NJ has the highest concentration of bears in the country. It is my humble opinion that if they stopped having the bear hunts we would have more interaction with the bears on their terms.
"Bear in the basement" would be a good band or album name. Maybe performed by Beary the Cable Guy.
The bear was her secret lover and stayed in the basement so the neighbors wouldn't find out about her affair with her cuddly bear hehehe.
It's about time one of the bears got back at Goldilocks. By the way which bed was he in? ;-))
Nice story. Sounds like a cool - and pretty smart - bear!
Glad to hear officials just tranq'ed him and then moved him back into the woods.
Well of course he was asleep, those cable guys never come when they say they'll be there!!